Hi Liz, I don't know for sure, but the two things that come to mind are the Brooklyn Historical Society & the NYG&B. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson" To: <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; <nykings@rootsweb.com>; <nynewyor@rootsweb.com> Sent: 14 December, 2010 3:15 PM Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn > > Hi Everyone, > > I have been reading messages from listservs about St. Joseph's Female > Orphan Asylum, Bklyn, Kings Co, NY‏ and I was wondering if anyone knew > whether there was some kind of list of who might have been here in the > early 1900s? I have unsuccessfully looked for family members who seem to > disappear after the 1900 census. I find some of them listed in documents > in 1919 and I have recently found descendants of some, so I know they did > not die. They would have been between 8 and 13, in the early part of the > 1900s, so they had to be somewhere. I have looked at census records for > 1910 and cannot find them. My great grandfather had five children before > the two he had with my great grandmother. I cannot find out what happened > to their mother, my great grandmother was their stepmother and she > remarried sometime after 1900 (when my grandfather was born), so something > happened with the marriage (death or divorce?). I found her in the 1910 > census remarried and listed with her children from ! > my great grandfather (my grandfather and his sister) and two children from > her new husband (born between 1904 or 1906 and 1908), but I cannot find my > great grandfather nor can I find his other five children from his previous > marriage. So when I saw this orphanage, I thought maybe I would try to > check records. If a child was in this orphanage, would they have been > listed on census records? If so, how would I go about looking for them? I > have tried by their individual names without any luck. Could they be > listed under the name of the orphanage? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Liz

Thanks Bobbi. I will look into that. liz > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:46:01 -0500 > From: bobbidoll@optonline.net > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn > > Hi Liz, > > I don't know for sure, but the two things that come to mind are the Brooklyn > Historical Society & the NYG&B. > > Bobbi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson" > To: <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; > <nykings@rootsweb.com>; <nynewyor@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 14 December, 2010 3:15 PM > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have been reading messages from listservs about St. Joseph's Female > > Orphan Asylum, Bklyn, Kings Co, NY‏ and I was wondering if anyone knew > > whether there was some kind of list of who might have been here in the > > early 1900s? I have unsuccessfully looked for family members who seem to > > disappear after the 1900 census. I find some of them listed in documents > > in 1919 and I have recently found descendants of some, so I know they did > > not die. They would have been between 8 and 13, in the early part of the > > 1900s, so they had to be somewhere. I have looked at census records for > > 1910 and cannot find them. My great grandfather had five children before > > the two he had with my great grandmother. I cannot find out what happened > > to their mother, my great grandmother was their stepmother and she > > remarried sometime after 1900 (when my grandfather was born), so something > > happened with the marriage (death or divorce?). I found her in the 1910 > > census remarried and listed with her children from ! > > my great grandfather (my grandfather and his sister) and two children from > > her new husband (born between 1904 or 1906 and 1908), but I cannot find my > > great grandfather nor can I find his other five children from his previous > > marriage. So when I saw this orphanage, I thought maybe I would try to > > check records. If a child was in this orphanage, would they have been > > listed on census records? If so, how would I go about looking for them? I > > have tried by their individual names without any luck. Could they be > > listed under the name of the orphanage? > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Liz > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message